OICA welcomes new instructor

The Oconaluftee Institute for Cultural Arts, Southwestern Community College’s fine arts program, this spring welcomes Brian Kane as the new program instructor.

Kane completed his BFA in spatial arts at Youngstown University in Youngstown, Ohio. He went on to get his MFA in sculpture at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Kane has taught at USC and most recently at the College of Charleston.

Kane also brings business experience in the arts. He has worked with the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Gibbes Museum of Art and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.